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Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-61097386
TIL about “The deadly accordion wars of Lesotho” where you can be murdered for playing music. “After one Famo musician allegedly shot another in 2004, a cycle of revenge developed, fuelled by poisonous lyrics in songs.” This has now led to Lesotho having the sixth-highest homicide rate in the world.
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OP, I bet you might like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcocorrido
This is pretty bloody too for a music scene.
In the Philippines, you could be shot for butchering Sinatra’s “My Way” on the Karaoke.
Places where Weird Al never goes.
So, like biggie and tupac but with accordions?